noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draw up a constitution (= set of laws and principles that govern a country )
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The first Czech constitution was drawn up here in 1920.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
democratic
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Ninety-seven percent of those qualified to vote did so and a new democratic constitution was adopted by unanimous vote.
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Every democratic constitution is based on the limitation of power.
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On March 10-11 a rally by students demanded free elections, freedom of the media and a democratic constitution .
federal
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Unitary Because all legislative power stems from Parliament, we have a unitary as opposed to a federal constitution .
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Can teachers be required to swear that they will uphold the federal and state constitutions ?
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While this rule depends upon the provisions of the federal and state constitutions , the reasoning has universal application.
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A 200-year history of the will of the people is seen through the survival of the federal and state constitutions .
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An initiative was now expected to amend to the relevant Article 18 of the federal constitution .
liberal
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In 1883 he decided to shake off his controllers by restoring a more liberal constitution .
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Of course, there were important continuities between the liberal constitution and the liberal-democratic constitution.
new
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A new constitution was adopted transforming a loose federation of affiliated organisations into a centralised national political party.
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Chettha Thannajaro pressed Chavalit to back the new constitution and put better people in economic posts.
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The Constituent Assembly itself was to be dissolved on July 5 when a new constitution was to be published.
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Middle-class hopes ride on a new constitution approved in September.
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Another area of heightened tension is the controversy over the draft of the new constitution proposed by Mr Mugabe.
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The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution .
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The new constitution under consideration would be discussed by the crucial party congress to be held in October next year.
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Although it is doubtful whether the established set-up will hold, the future form of any new constitution is uncertain.
strong
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Except for the strongest constitutions , coastal walking, bird watching and easel painting are best reserved for milder seasons.
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They are constructed with few weaknesses and have a sound, strong constitution .
written
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Excluding the Contact group, each of the three centres had user committees with written constitutions .
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It brought forth the age of written constitutions and codified basic rights.
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One has led to the written constitution , but it has also led to revolution and at times tyranny.
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It is conceived as the first step towards a written constitution for the United Kingdom.
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Adopt a written constitution , of which the Bill of Rights will form the centrepiece.
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Indeed, it goes beyond that, so far as is necessary to promote a written constitution based on federal principles.
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Take a written constitution and a Bill of Rights.
■ NOUN
draft
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A new draft constitution was approved on Aug. 23.
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However, on May 29, 1991, the draft constitution was given its first reading by the Grand National Assembly.
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The Assembly set to work with a draft constitution prepared by Hugo Preuss.
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The influential Roman Catholic Church also opposed the draft constitution on the grounds that it permitted abortion.
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The King approves the committee's draft constitution .
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Approval of the draft constitution came amid renewed political initiatives by the government.
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A thirteen-person steering committee was elected to draw up a draft constitution and a programme of activities.
state
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While this rule depends upon the provisions of the federal and state constitutions , the reasoning has universal application.
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Every 20 years, a Constitutional Revisions Commission is appointed to review and change the state constitution .
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In some school districts, the state constitution protects student expression more broadly than does Hazelwood.
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Can teachers be required to swear that they will uphold the federal and state constitutions ?
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A 200-year history of the will of the people is seen through the survival of the federal and state constitutions .
■ VERB
allow
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Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
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He established a precedent that the president can act far more extensively than the constitution allows .
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The new constitution will allow it to make its own foreign policy and join international organisations.
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Its constitution allows it to publish contracts and practice notes only where these have been approved unanimously by the constituent bodies.
amend
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Congress amended the constitution more than 300 times during 1992.
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However, amending the constitution is not a simple process.
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Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
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But the assembly also has the power - never used - to amend the constitution .
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At the same time it amended the republic's constitution to abolish the guaranteed Communist Party monopoly of power.
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The following year he amended the constitution , opening the way for a third term.
change
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The aim is now to change the constitution to elect four associate members on to a management committee.
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Every 20 years, a Constitutional Revisions Commission is appointed to review and change the state constitution .
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His plan to change the constitution to give more power to the president has made little headway.
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Park changed the constitution to give himself lifetime rule.
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The ruling United National Party does not have the two-thirds majority in parliament required to change the constitution .
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And I suppose the way to change the damned constitution is with a majority vote.
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Only it has the power to change the constitution .
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The constitution still stands and nothing can be done until it is changed .
draw
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The government for its part insisted on all-party negotiations to draw up the constitution , with elections to follow.
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Opposition parties repeated their call for the election of a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution .
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The standing committee's choice of legal experts to draw up the constitution , adopted unanimously by the assembly, was surprising.
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In 1812 the Cortes of Cadiz drew up a constitution which consecrated the dogma of the sovereignty of the nation.
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A thirteen-person steering committee was elected to draw up a draft constitution and a programme of activities.
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A commission was appointed to draw up a new constitution which would be put to a referendum in mid-1990.
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On April 30 Lekhanya announced proposals to set up a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution .
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The assembly, charged with drawing up a new constitution , could pave the way for political pluralism.
violate
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Estrada has been charged with bribery, corruption, violating the constitution and betraying the public trust.
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Whether the state of Maryland may, without violating the constitution , tax that branch?
write
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It is not correct to say there is no written constitution .
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The tenants wrote their own constitution and bylaws, their own personnel and policy procedures, their own job descriptions.
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Some of the most oppressive states in the world have written constitutions .
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But, of course, writing something into a constitution does not necessarily mean that it will be honoured in practice.
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Such a congress would not be a substitute for an elected Constituent Assembly and could not itself write a new constitution .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Heinz suggested that laws and constitutions of countries should be strengthened to make international declarations against torture into enforceable law.
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Lorenz and Ardrey suggest, respectively, that aggression and territoriality form a deep-lying part of people's biological and psychic constitution .
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Of course, there were important continuities between the liberal constitution and the liberal-democratic constitution.
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The constitution declares the existence of the state and it expresses the most important fundamental rules of the political system.
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The new constitution was true to Rousseau.
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The second section of the third article of the constitution defines the extent of the judicial power of the United States.
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With Aristide prevented by the constitution from standing again in 1996, the country was swamped by criminal and political violence.